Shoe form



March 15, 1932. A. G. LEGGE SHOE FORM Filed Aug. 21, 1930 Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STA SHOE non-M Application filed August 21,

This invention relates to shoe forms and has for its object the provision of a shoe form which is self adjusting to shoes having insteps of difierent sizes. r

The invention will be more clearly under- 'stoodfrom the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings: inwhich, Fig. 1 is a sectional elevational View of a" shoe having insertedtherein a shoe form embodying the invention; 7 Fig. 2 is an elevation'al view of the Shoe form removed from the shoe; and

Fig. 8 is a plan of the same. Before explaining in detail the present invention, it is to be understood that the invend'in its application to the detion is not limite tails of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practised or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be un-. derstood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of vde-f scription and not of limitation, and it is not 193e, .7 Serial no. 476765. f

just themselves-to the instep and yet holds them firmly against the interior of the shoe. The engagement of the Wire loop Tss PATENT OFF-ICE;

size off the shoe 18 with the heel ofthe shoe serves to force the toe part 10 snugly intothe toepart of the. shoe. Thus, the construction 0 f the 'invention wherein theupper and lower instep ol; tions are relatively movable renders the form self adjusting to a wide variety of shoes having diiierent sized insteps. T.

I claim:

A shoe form comprising a toe part and an instep portion integral therewith, means permitting relative movement between the upper and lower parts of said instep portion, means tending to restrain said relative movement ALFRED G. LEGGE.

intended to limit the invention beyond the terms of the claim heretoappended as considered in view of the quirements thereof. v

A shoe form illustrating one embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing and'comprises a toe part 10 and an instep portion comprising a lower part 11 prior art and the rep and an upper part 12. The lower part 11 and the instep portion are sepa-' rated by slits 13 extending longitudinally at opposite sides of the form and each is integ-- rally connected to the part 10. A spring 15 is connected at its opposite ends to'the upper and lower instep portions, as by rivets 16 and 17 respectively. A wire loop 18 is suitably I connc cted at its ends to the lower instep portion 11 and isadapted to engage the heel of a shoe. 7 Normally, the spring 15 upper part 12 of holds the upper I r and lower instep portions separated to their maximum instep size. However, if the form is inserted in a shoe 19 (Fig. 1) having an instep of smaller size, the spring 15 permits the upper and lower instep portion to,ad

and a heel part resiliently connected to one I 

